LSU running back Derrius Guice wants everyone to know he isn't skipping the Tigers' New Year's Day bowl game against Notre Dame.

After Leonard Fournette skipped last year's bowl game to focus on preparation for the NFL Draft while dealing with ankle injuries and former Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey skipped a bowl game to prep for the draft, some draft experts expected more players to follow suit in 2017.

Several Texas players have announced they won't play in the Longhorns' bowl game and Florida State safety Derwin James, a projected first round pick, said he won't play in the Independence Bowl.

But Guice, who has dealt with a knee injury this year, isn't skipping. He's playing.

After ESPN reporter Joel Anderson tweeted "maybe i'm jumping the gun but i can't believe derrius guice is going to play in the damn citrus bowl," Guice answered back.

Guice rushed for 1,153 yards and 11 touchdowns this season in 11 games, missing one due to injury and not playing the second half of another while he was hurt. He was a second-team All-SEC selection this season.

Guice was a first-team All-SEC selection as a sophomore when he ran for 1,387 yards, the fourth-highest mark in LSU history.

He's rushed for 2,976 yards in his LSU career which is fifth-most all time. He's 854 yards behind Fournette for fourth place